Do you really know La Rosière ?
We were asked to propose you a quizz. Ready? Play :
1- By the way, why la Rosière is called la Rosière ?
Clue: there’s a link to swamps, when it’s so high, who would believe it ?
2- Why our cheese reblochon has such a strange name?
Clue: “re” is the only part not in dialect…
3- How do you call the citizen of Sainte Foy ?
Clue: it reminds a bit New Mexico…
4- Have you ever seen cotton up-hill?
Clue: changing a lettre, in the french word, it’s a salad sauce…
5- Who is the most important Patron Saint of Val d’Aosta?
Clue: He could be the Saint Patron of Savoy cooking if we think of his name in French…
*** Bonus question: Which original refugees did the Saint Bernard pass monks welcome during a big snowstorm?
Clue: their tail coat is not so warm, even with a red scarf…
Answers – La Rosière in pictures:
From Latin roseria, with a german root raus, become ros, reed. Name given to places where reed grows.
Re-blocher, milk twice a cow. Out of the second bucket, called rebloche, you made a cheese.
The linaigrette, boreal plant that you can see at Lac du Retour.
Santaférains are happy to share their resort with you…
Saint Grat
Lots of swallows on their way! Watch them with the LPO Savoy.
Did you answer it right?
You win a little spring song 🙂
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